Kevin Bacon 'Looking Forward' To Seeing Chace Crawford In 'Footloose'

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Chace Crawford may be stepping into Kevin Bacon's dancing shoes in the upcoming "Footloose" remake, but the original star said he's ready for him to cut in.

"It's cool, yeah," Kevin told Access Hollywood. "It was a little bit surprising to me just because I don't wake up in the morning and look at myself as someone [who] it's time to remake his old movies, you know what I mean?"

"I went to a serious dance boot camp, because I had never danced in films or onstage, or anything," he said. "I used to go out and dance at the clubs but I wasn't a trained dancer, by any stretch of the imagination. There were also a lot of gymnastics in the movie so I was kind of shocked when I saw everything that was going into [it] — different trainers that I had and choreographers. The mirrors, the bars and the rings and the whole thing and I was like, 'Oh my god what have I gotten myself into?'"

Still, he concluded, "Footloose" was worth the effort.

"I like those sort of physical challenges and I had a great time making the movie," Kevin said.

And almost 30 years later, Kevin's projects are just as rewarding — he earned an Emmy nomination on Thursday morning for his role as Lt. Col. Mike Strobl in the HBO film "Taking Chance," telling Access that it was "very special" to work on. The star had the chance to break the good news to his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, about their twin nominations — she's up for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her title role in TNT's "The Closer."